Sale alert: Foldable flip phone for just PHP 15K, TECNO made that possible

From PHP 29,999 SRP, the TECNO Phantom V Flip will be priced at just PHP 14,999 this August 28 to 30, 2024 at the company's official TikTok Shop.

TECNO Phantom V Flip's folding display

The most affordable foldable smartphone ever?

This is the second time that the company dropped the price of this foldable flip phone.

At PHP 14,999, the TECNO Phantom V Flip is currently the most affordable foldable flip phone that you can purchase in the country.

To those who missed it, TECNO Phantom V Flip is the company's first clamshell-type foldable smartphone.

The Planet Cover Screen

The device highlights a lychee-pattern classic leather at the back and the "Planet Cover Screen" with a center-aligned 1.32-inch circular AMOLED panel with 466 x 466 resolution at 352 ppi at 800 nits peak brightness.

PHP 14,999 sale price

Its cover screen has customizable wallpapers, Tmojis (TECNO's version of Memoji), 3D interactive virtual pets, and more as well as access to Swipe Shots to easily access the camera, "quick reply" to messages, Smart Widgets with the weather forecast, vitality rings, timer, sound recording, agenda, stopwatch, and alarms.

The main display is a "crease-less" 6.9-inch UTG-protected LTPO AMOLED screen with 10-120Hz refresh rate, 360Hz touch sampling rate, 1440Hz PWM dimming, FHD+ 2640 x 1080 resolution at 413 ppi, 1,000 nits peak brightness, a 94.5 percent screen-to-body ratio.

Its hinge design supports the "FreeCam System" allowing its users to fold the device at 30 to 150 degrees to help creators take selfies and photos more easily.

According to the company, it uses aircraft-grade metal materials and can survive up to 250,000 folds or 6.8 years at 100 folds per day with a promised minimal 0.11mm crease after 200,000 folds.

For specs,  the handset is equipped with a 6nm MediaTek Dimensity 8050 octa-core processor with Mali-G77 MC9 GPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB internal storage, and a 4,000mAh capacity that can last for an entire day with USB-C 45W fast charging that can charge the device from 0 to 100 percent in 45 minutes.

It also sports a 64MP f/1.7 RGBW sensor with PDAF + 13MP ultra-wide-angle + LED flash and a 32MP with AF and Micro-slit Dual flash for selfies.

Completing the specs, the device has a side-mounted fingerprint reader, stereo speakers, dual-band WiFi, 5G, 4G LTE, BT 5.3, and Android 13 OS with HiOS 13.5 skin with Ella GPT assistant that uses Ella 3.0 tech connected to ChatGPT.

The handset will get up to 2 years of major updates.

To watch our review, click here.